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English adjective: stony | |||
| 1. | stony abounding in rocks or stones | ||
| Samples | Rocky fields. Stony ground. Bouldery beaches. | ||
| Synonyms | bouldered, bouldery, rocky | ||
| Similar | rough, unsmooth | ||
| Antonyms | smooth | ||
| 2. | stony showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings | ||
| Samples | His flinty gaze. The child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart. | ||
| Synonyms | flint, flinty, granitic, obdurate | ||
| Similar | hardhearted, heartless | ||
| Antonyms | soft-boiled, softhearted | ||
| 3. | stony hard as granite | ||
| Samples | A granitic fist. | ||
| Synonyms | granitelike, granitic, rocklike | ||
| Similar | hard | ||
| Antonyms | soft | ||
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